Roofs leak. Especially massive ones like our Astrodome roof. And, like most roofs, when that happens you have to go out and get on it to patch the leak. Looking at the photos here, I don’t think you could pay me enough to do that.
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In 1945, about 20 Heights-area youngsters learned what can happen when you decide to play hooky from school and spend the morning skinny-dipping. Houston police, acting on complaints from residents, raided the “ol’ swimming hole” in White Oak Bayou on May 9, a Wednesday. Many of the youths managed to scatter, but four were caught […]
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A couple of folks on the City Desk passed along a link to this eBay auction. In the photo that’s up for sale, some Houston Chronicle staffers are making demands for equality in the workplace. We don’t have the photo in our files, and it wasn’t taken by a staff photographer. However, looking through the […]
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The company touted a hassle-free approach to selling clothes. Salesfolk were available if you needed their help, but generally they left the shopping up to you. Low overhead was the Robert Hall way. Do you remember these stores?
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Who knew there was a Steve McQueen connection to the USS Texas? The actor was on board the battleship to film scenes for the period film “The Sand Pebbles.” If you’ve seen the movie (I haven’t) then you probably didn’t see the Texas in it after all. The scenes featuring the ship ended up on […]
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You’ll need a time machine to take advantage of it, but in 1945 the Uptown Medical and X-Ray Clinic was offering head-to-foot, $1 health examinations and X-rays. This ad appeared in the May 3, 1945, edition of the Houston Press. The Uptown Clinic was located on Capitol, where Chase Tower is today. Patients were also […]
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